Apparatus for loading or unloading bricks.



No. 664,7". Patented nec.25, |900. T. E. AYoTTE & A. A. cHAnoNNEAu. APPARATUS FUR LOADING 0R UNLOA-DING BRIGKS.

(Application led July 7, 1899.) (Ilo Model.) 2 Sheets-Shept I.

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APPARATUS F08 LOADING 0R Uli-LOADING BHICKS.

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THEOPHILE EDOUARD AYOTTE AND PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR ALBERT OHARBONNEAU, OF

MONTRAL, CANADA.

APPARATUS FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING BR'ICKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,711, dated December 25, 1900.

Original application led October 9, 1897, Serial No 654,662. Divided and this application led July 7, 1899. Serial No.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, THEOPHILE EDOUARD AYOTTE and ARTHUR ALBERT CHARBON- NEAU, subjects of Her Majesty the Queen Yof Great Britain, residing at the city and district of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Oanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Loading or Unloading Bricks; and We do hereby declare 1o that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will er1- able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for loading and unloading brick; and its object is to provide an apparatus of this character by means of which brick may be readily and safely transferred into cars or deposited in a pile.

To this end the invention consists in an apparatus for loading and unloading brick, constructed substantially as hereinafter illustrated, and described and defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a side elevation of an elevator and car employed for carrying iinished brick or other 3o material from the press. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof with the oar and the elevator and conveyor being omitted. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the elevator and conveyer for transferring the brick to the car. Fig. 4 is a detail view.

The apparatus herein described and illustrated is especially adapted for use inconnection with a brickmachine, for which United States Letters Patent No. 625,866 4o were granted to us, dated May 30, 1899,

though it is evident that its use is not restricted to such machine, but is adapted generally for use Wherever needed.

In the drawings, 67 represents the `frame of an elevating apparatus, which is suitably braced to give it the requisite strength. Mounted in the lower portion of the frame 67 is a shaft 68, to which rotary mot-ion may be imparted by any desired means. Movable No model.)

longitudinally of the shaft, but adapted to 5o .rotate therewith, is a sleeve 69, having a clutch-section at each end, one of said sections being adapted for engagement with a clutch -section 70, loosely mounted on the shaft 68 and with which a sprocket-wheel 7l 55 is connected. From the sprocket-wheel 7l a sprocket-chain 72 extends to a sprocket-Wheel 73 on a shaft '74. The opposite end of the sleeve 69 is provided with a clutch-section adapted to be engaged with a clutch-section 6o on the miter-pinion 75, loosely mounted on the shaft 68, and meshing with a bevel-pinion 76 on the lower end of a shaft 77, extending vertically and having bearings in the frame 67. Near each end of the shaft 74 is mounted 65 a drum 78from which cables 79 and' 8O extend around pulleys 8l and 82, and thence over pulleys 83 and 84 at the top of the frame 67, and from these pulleys 83 and 84 the cables extend downward and connect with an 7o elevator made in the form of an endless oarrier 85, mounted to rotate around a frame 86, from the corners of which pins extend into channels formed in the corner-posts of the frame 67, said pins forming the guides for said frame 86. The carrier 85 (best shown in Fig. 3) is movable around rollers 85'LL on shafts having bearings in the frame 86, and on the shaft of one set of rollers is a bevelgear 87, meshing with a bevel-gear 88, mount- 8o ed to move longitudinally of the shaft 77, but to rotate therewith. As here shown, the shaft 77 is provided with a longitudinal slot to receive a feather carried by the pinion 88, although it is clear that the relative arrange- 85 ment of the slot and feather may be reversed, if desired. y

Mounted to rotate at one side of the frame 67 is a shaft 89, which is also mounted to move vertically of said frame by reason of 9o its'connection With the rod 100, which connection may be made in any suitable manner, one form being shown in Fig. 4, whereinV the rod 100 is shown as formed with an enlarged head which rests within a recess formed in the shaft 89, a suitable plug or Washer serving to retain the head in position. Spirally disposed on this shaft 89 is a series of outwardly-extended pins 90, the spaces between which are equal to the spaces between ioors' 91 of a transporting-car 92, and on the lower end of the shaft 89 is a pinion 93, having a number of teeth equal to the number of pins 90. Adapted to engage with this pinion 93-is a dog 94, carried bya longitudinally-moving bar 95, at one end of which is an inwardlyextended arm 96, (see Fig. 2,) adapted to be engaged with a carrier-rack 66, as hereinafter described. From the opposite end of the bar 95 a lever 97 extends and is pivoted near its lower end to the base of the frame 67, and from this lower end a link 98 extends to a pivotal connection with a lever 99. From the other end of this lever 99 a rod 100 extends upwardly to the shaft 89, with which it is connected in any suitable manner.

In operation it will be assumed that a rack 66, having a load of brick thereon, is to be placed in the first or lowest compartment of the car 92. As the said rack is moved onto the elevator by any suitable means, such as chains leading from a brick-molding machine, such as is described in Patent No. 625,866, filed October 9, 1897, Serial No. 654,662, of which this is a divisional application, and as said rack approaches the end of its movement it will engage against the arm 96'and move the bar 95 longitudinally. This longitudinal movement of the bar 95 will cause its dog 94 to move the pinion 93 one step, and thus impart a partial rotary movement of the shaft 89 and move the first pin on said shaft 89 into the line of upward movement of the elevator. At this time the clutch-section 69 will be moved into engagement with the clutch-section 70 by means of the lever 97, which extends into an annular channel formed in the clutch -section 69. When the clutch-sections 69 and 70 are thus engaged, the shaft 74 will be rotated to raise the elevator 85. When the elevator shall have been raised sufficiently high to engage the rack 66 with the pin 90, the shaft S9 will be moved upward, disengaging the pinion 93 from the dog 94, and by pulling up the rod 100 will rock the lever 97 to move the clutchsection 69 into engagement with the clutchsection on pinion 75, thus releasing the section 70 from operative connection with the shaft 68, said section and the parts controlled by its movement being held stationary by any suitable means-such, for instance, as the counterbalanced lever 71a. The movementof the section 69 into engagement with the miter 76 causes a movement to be imparted to the` shaft 77, and consequently move the endless carrier 85 to force the rack 66 into the compartment of the car. The lever 71' normally contacts with the periphery of the head-of the wheel 7l, but is adapted to be freed from such Contact by hand or otherwise, as may be necessary in allowing the carrier to have its Vertical movement. the bar and its connections control and are controlled by the movement of the clutchthe rod 97, as hereinbefore set forth. This Y operation will continue until all the compartments are filled. v

While we have herein shown a preferred form of carrying our invention into effect, yetV we do not desire to limit ourselves to such.

preferred details of construction, but claim.Y Y. therighttouseanyand allmodiiicationsthere- Y '1 f Y of which will serve tocarry into effect the objects to be attained by this invention in so far as such modifications and changes may' fall within the spirit and scope of our said invention.

We claiml. An elevating conveyer comprising frame; a receiver movable vertically therein,Y

said receiver being adapted to receive the material; a rotary shaft carried by said frame; means for intermittently connecting sind K' shaft operatively with said receiver, whereby the latter will be intermittently raised; and means for automatically regulating the distance of movement of said receiver, the stopping-point of said receiver varyingwith each raising movement.

2. An elevatingV conveyer comprising frame; a horizontally-traveling receiver movable vertically therein, said receiver beingY Y roo Y Y adapted to receive the material; a rotary shaft carried by said frame; means for intermit-VV tently connecting said shaft operatively with said receiver, whereby the latter will be intermittently raised; and means for automatically regulating the distance of movement of said receiver, the stopping-point of said receiver varying with each raising movement.

3. An elevating conveyer comprising a.V

frame; a horizontally-traveling receiver movable vertically therein; said receiver beingr adapted to receive the material; a rotary shaftY Y f carried by said frame; automatic means for intermittently connecting said shaft operatively with said receiver, where'by thev la* Y ter will be intermittently raised; and means for automatically regulating the distance yof c movement of said receiver, the stopping-point UsY f lesVY` I with said receiver, whereby the latter will be Y intermittently raised; means for automatically regulating the distance of movement of said receiver, the stopping-point of Sapd receiver varying with each raising movement, and a carrier adapted to receive the material from said receiver, said carrier having provision to receive the material at the different raised positions of said receiver.

5. An elevating conveyer comprising a frame; ahorizontally-travellingreceivermovable vertically therein, said receiver being adapted to receive the material; a rotary shaft carried by said frame; means for inter mittently connecting said shaft operatively with said receiver, whereby the latter will be intermittently raised; means for automatically regulating the distance of movement of said receiver, the stopping-point of said receiver varying with each raising movement; a carrier adapted to receive the material from said receiver, said carrier being removably held in juxtaposition to said receiver, the latter automatically delivering the material to said carrier; and means for releasing said carrier.

.6. An elevator, comprising a frame; a rotary shaft in said frame; a horizontally-disposed frame; cables extended from said hori- Zontally-disposed frame over pulleys on the first-named frame, the said cables being operated from the rotary shaft to raise and lower the horizontally-disposed frame; an endless carrier movable around the frame; and means operated by the shaft for moving said endless carrier to discharge its load of material, substantially as specified.

7. An elevator, comprisinga frame; an elevator platform movable vertically in said frame; an endless carrier movable around said platform; means for causing these movements; a rotary shaft having a spirally-disposed row of pins forming stops for the elevator; and a car divided into compartments for receiving material from the elevator, substantially as specified.

S. An elevator for receiving brick from the carrying devices, the said elevator comprising a frame; a horizontally-disposed'frame movable vertically in the first-named frame; an endless carrier movable around the horizontally-disposed frame; rollers carried by said horizontally-disposed frame and upon which the carrier moves; a gear-Wheel on the shaft of a pair of said Wheels; a verticallydisposed shaft on the first-named frame; a gear-wheel movable vertically on and mounted to rotate with said shaft, said gear-Wheel engaging with the first-named gear-wheel; a main shaft for operating the vertical shaft; a shaft mounted in the first-named frame so as to rotate and move vertically therein; a spirally-disposed row of pins on said shaft; a pinion on the lower end of said shaft; a dog extended from a rod for imparting a step-bystep mot-ion to said shaft having the pins;

and a clutch mechanism on the main shaft operated from said rod, substantially as specified.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

THEOPHILE EDOUARD AYOTTE. ARTHUR ALBERT CHARBONNEAU. Witnesses:

C. J. MORRIS, L. A. CHARBONNEAU. 

